Acts 7:57

Then they cried out. Rather, “But they cried out,” that is, in an attempt to silence Stephen, instead of listening and becoming convicted in the presence of the glory of God.

Stopped. Gr. sunecho, “to compress,” “to hold together.” They regarded Stephen’s words as blasphemous, and did not wish to hear more. They thus proved that they deserved the description given in v. 51. They, and not Stephen, were the blasphemers.

Ran upon him. Rather, “rushed upon him with one accord.” Satan had brought into the Sanhedrin the kind of unity required by the Law (Deut. 13:9, 10) when a man was to be executed. There was no waiting for an official verdict; they were unanimous in their desire and decision. For the judicial aspects of such summary proceedings compare on Matt. 26:59.